Device for packaging and presentation of knitted or hosiery articles such as, more particularly, stockings or tights

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to an assembly for packaging a hosiery article to be sold in a box while presenting the fabric from which the article is formed in order to allow a buyer to appreciate by sight and touch the fabric of the packaged article. For this purpose, the article is contained in a packaging bag whose neck is made from said fabric. The box has a face provided with an opening and the bag is packaged in the box so that the neck of the bag comes out through the opening.

United States Patent 11 1 Giberstein 1 DEVICE FOR PACKAGING ANDPRESENTATION OF KNITTED OR HOSIERY ARTICLES SUCH AS, MORE PARTICULARLY,STOCKINGS OR TIGHTS [75] Inventor: Bernard Giberstein, Paris, France[73] Assignees Dim-Rosy, Autun, France [22] Filed: May 23, 1974 [2]]Appl. No.: 472,702

[30] Foreign Application PriorityData 7 June 8, 1973 France 73.21072[52] US. Cl. 206/278; 206/458; 206/233;

[51] Int. Cl. B65D 85/18; B65D 73/00 [58] Field of Search 206/494, 458,485, 233, 206/294, 296, 297, 299, 278

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Kayton et al. 206/294 51Sept. 30, 1975 2,946,494 Kuss 229/ l 4 BE Primary E.\aminer-william I.Price Assistant Eraminer-Douglas B. Farrow Attorney, Agent, or F irm-Kenyon & Kenyon Reilly Carr & Chapin 5 7 ABSTRACT The invention relatesto an assembly for packaging a hosiery article to besold in a box whilepresenting the fabric from which the article is formed in order to allowa buyer to appreciate by sight and touch the-fabric of the packagedarticle. For this purpose, the article is contained in a packaging bagwhose neck is made from said fabric. The box has a face provided with anopening and the bag is packaged in the box so 7 that the neck of the bagcomes out through the opening.

6 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures Bilczerian 206/494 Sept. 30,1975

US. Patent DEVICE FOR PACKAGING ANDPRESENTATION OF KNITTED OR'I-IOSIERY. ARTICLES SUCH AS MORE PARTICULARLY, STQCKINGS .OR TIGIITSThe present invention has essentially. for its object a method and adevice for packaging presentation of knitted or hosiery articles such asstockings, tightsb'r the like sold in closesd packages such as boxes. i

A drawback of the closed packages containing-knitted or hosiery articlessuch as stockings and tights is that they do not allow the buyer toappreciate by the touch the quality of the textile material from whichthe packaged article is made.

Various solutions have been proposed consisting, in particular, inshowing the articles through transparent sight-openings provided in thepackaging boxes. However, either the customer is not satisfied since shecannot exactly judge by the touch of the quality of the article, or thepackage is opened, in which case the articles may become depreciated andeven damaged.

The method and device according to the present invention allow theaforementioned drawbacks to be avoided.

To this end, the method of the invention consists. in forming on oneface of the closed package, such as a closed box, an opening allowingthe neck of a small packaging bag for the said article to come out fromthe said box, the said neck being formed in a material identical withthat of the article.

The customer is thus allowed to appreciate by the sight and touch of thebag neck the quality of the articles contained in the pockets withouthowever touching the articles themselves.

A further advantage of the invention lies in the fact that, the sampleconstituting a tubular envelope and the article itself being knitted ina tubular manner, the buyer can judge quite precisely of the exactcharacteristics of the textile material from which the article packagedin the small bag is made.

In making the smallbag, the latter may be initially in the shape of atube whose upper portion which will constitute the neck is formednecessarily in the same material as the article to be sold, whereas therest of the tube, or body of thesmall pocket, may comprise supple ,thickthreads and be closed at its end by means ofa clip or hosiery articlessuch as stockings or tights, according to the present invention; FIG. 2is a side view, partially broken away, of a small bag which can beassociated with the package box;

FIG. 3 shows a detail of a modified form of embodiment.

According to the form of embodiment illustrated in,

FIG. 1, a device for packaging and presentation of knitted articles suchas stockings, tights or the like is exter- 'nally in the form of a box10. This box is for example in the shape of a rectangle parallelepipedcomprising a face 12 forming an opening flap of the box. According tothe example illustrated, one of the two larger faces of box is providedwith an opening 14 from which the neck 16 of a small bag 18 comes out.The body of ing to the invention is madein the following reference toFIG. 2.

-1: appears in-iFlGs2 that the small bag 18 is an'envelope or sheathhaving a mouth 20 and at least the neck 16, of which is formed in amaterial identical with that of the article intendedto be packaged inthepocket.

The remaining portion or body 22 of the bag may be made from a suppletextile material thicker than the one constituting the neck 16 so as toclosely enclose the article 24 packaged in the bag in the form of aball. The article 24 appears more clearly in the broken-away portion ofthe body 22 of bag 18, where it is shown, by means of close dots, thatthe article 24 and the bag neck 16 are both constituted by an identicaltextile material.

It also appears from FIG. 2 that, according to the example illustrated,the bag 18 formed initially a substantially cylindrical envelope withtwo mouths, the opposite end of the neck 16 having thereafter beencontracted and closed by means of a clip 26 of, for example, plastics ormetal. Other forms of embodiment are however possible, one of which mayconsist in forming the body 22 by a neck connected by one of its edgesto the neck 16.

The packaging of an article is then performed as follows: the article24, which may consist for example of tights or stockings, is introducedin the form of a ball into the bag 18 through the mouth 20; the bag isthereafter introduced into the box of FIG. 1, the body 22 first, so thatonce the bag is completely introduced, the neck 16 can be readily takenout through the box opening 14. Thus, the opening 14 is preferablylocated at a small distance from the opening flap 12 of the box 10. Theflap is thereafter turned down to close the box 10 as shown in FIG. 1.

Of course, the invention is by no means limited to the form ofembodiment illustrated and described which has been given by way ofexample only, the invention comprising all technical equivalents to themeans described as well as their combinations, should the latter becarried out according to its spirit and within the scope of thefollowing claims.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the opening 14' formed in the box10 may have substantially the shape of an 8 with a larger portion l4aand a smaller portion 14'!) interconnected by a neck 30 of reducedwidth. The end 16 of the packaging pocket can. thus be taken out andretained in the portion l4b.

What is claimed is: I

' l. A packaging and presentation assembly comprising a closed packagehaving a surface provided with an opening; a hosiery article formed froma given fabric and contained in said closed package; and a packaging bagcontained in said package and containing said h0- siery article, saidpackaging bag having a mouth being formed from said fabric, said portionextending outwardly through said opening provided in said closedpackage.

2. A packaging and presentation assembly as claimed in claim 1, whereinsaid bag further includes a portion formed of supplethick threads.

3. A packaging and presentation assembly as claimed in claim 1, whereinsaid bag has a tubular configurasaid closed package, said opening beinglocated at a distance close to said opening flap.

6. A packaging and presentation assembly as claimed in claim 4, whereinsaid opening formed in said box comprises a portion of reduced sectionin which a part of the outwardly extending portion of said bag formed ofsaid fabric can be clamped.

1. A packaging and presentation assembly comprising a closed packagehaving a surface provided with an opening; a hosiery article formed froma given fabric and contained in said closed package; and a packaging bagcontained in said package and containing said hosiery article, saidpackaging bag having a mouth being formed from said fabric, said portionextending outwardly through said opening provided in said closedpackage.
 2. A packaging and presentation assembly as claimed in claim 1,wherein said bag further includes a portion formed of supple thickthreads.
 3. A packaging and presentation assembly as claimed in claim 1,wherein said bag has a tubular configuration, one end forming said mouthand including clip means closing of said bag.
 4. A packaging andpresentation assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said closed packageis a rectangle parallelepipedic box having two larger faces, one ofwhich being said surface provided with said opening.
 5. A packaging Andpresentation assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein said box comprisesa face other than said surface which constitutes an opening flap forsaid closed package, said opening being located at a distance close tosaid opening flap.
 6. A packaging and presentation assembly as claimedin claim 4, wherein said opening formed in said box comprises a portionof reduced section in which a part of the outwardly extending portion ofsaid bag formed of said fabric can be clamped.